Cathedral Café

West Virginia


Start the day with breakfast and coffee under stained-glass windows at this inviting cafe and former church. Local staff all seem to either work in, or know someone who works in, the local adventure-tourism industry, so it's a good spot to figure out what's going on in the New River Gorge area.


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